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Layne Riggs wins Pocono NASCAR Truck shocker after issues take out leaders

Layne Riggs Ford Chevrolet Truck Corey Heim NASCAR Carson Hocevar Pocono Tanner Gray Toyota

With 3.6 seconds over runner-up finisher Tanner Gray, Front Row Motorsports' Layne Riggs piloted the No. 34 Ford to victory at Pocono Raceway. He became the first Ford driver to win a Truck race at Pocono since Ryan Blaney did it in 2013. Friday's triumph is Riggs' third career win, but his first of the 2025 season.

"That's just a testament to this team," said Riggs. "This thing was bad fast, especially that last run. I really hate that the #11 [Heim] fell out. Not sure what the #7 [Hocevar] was doing on the restart there, but I made sure to take advantage of it. Not really sure why we slowed down 30mph in the restart zone but hey, I'm a happy man right now ... I'm on cloud nine. This is not one I had circled. Like I said, last year we wrecked in practice, didn't qualify, and ran around dead last all day. Today, we were the best. That's amazing."

Misfortune for Heim and Hocevar

Carson Hocevar (Photo by: Meg Oliphant / Getty Images)

But Riggs was not the dominant driver, only winning Stage 1 because Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar (who were both running ahead of him) chose to short-pit. Heim went on to win the second stage and it looked like no one was going to be able to deny him victory on Friday.

With 32 laps to go, things got messy in what was otherwise a relatively clean race. A major incident in the Tunnel Turn took out Grant Enfinger and Ben Rhodes as they got together, collecting Tyler Ankrum, Dawson Sutton, Conner Jones, and Clayton Green in a multi-truck accident.

Heim remained in control over Riggs and Hocevar, but it didn't take long for the next incident as Jake Garcia wrecked on the restart. Somehow, no other trucks were involved despite Garcia spinning in the middle of the pack. At the time of yellow, Riggs was side-by-side with Heim for the top spot, but Heim remained in control.

This was the pivotal moment of the race, as Heim reported an issue moments before leading the field to a restart. It quickly became clear that he had a flat tire, forcing him to pull out of line.

This vaulted Hocevar onto the front row for the restart, but it was, in fact, Riggs who was the control truck.

Despite this, Hocevar lurched ahead and took the lead with ease before the field even made it to Turn 1. NASCAR quickly reviewed the restart, penalizing Hocevar for going early. He had to serve a drive-through penalty, clearing the way for Riggs.

Gray ended up second, Kaden Honeycutt third, Brandon Jones fourth, and Daniel Hemric fifth. Connor Mosack, Chandler Smith, Stewart Friesen, Ty Majeski, and Rajah Caruth filled out the remainder of the top ten.

Hocevar fought back to finish 13th while Heim ended up 24th in a disappointing showing for both drivers. Heim ended up leading 48 of 80 laps before his late-race tire issue. Also of note, actor-turned-racer Frankie Muniz earned his third top 20 of the year, placing 19th.

Photos from Pocono - Race

Cla	Driver	#	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Interval	Pits	Points
1	L. RiggsFront Row Motorsports	34	Ford	80	1:43'17.480		4	59
2	T. GrayTRICON Garage	15	Toyota	80	+3.640 1:43'21.120	3.640	5	41
3	K. HoneycuttNiece Motorsports	45	Chevrolet	80	+6.460 1:43'23.940	2.820	5	48
4	B. JonesTRICON Garage	1	Toyota	80	+7.268 1:43'24.748	0.808	5
5	D. HemricMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	19	Chevrolet	80	+8.732 1:43'26.212	1.464	5	32
6	C. MosackMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	81	Chevrolet	80	+11.929 1:43'29.409	3.197	5	40
7	C. SmithFront Row Motorsports	38	Ford	80	+12.346 1:43'29.826	0.417	6	33
8	S. FriesenHalmar Friesen Racing	52	Toyota	80	+15.266 1:43'32.746	2.920	5	34
9	T. MajeskiThorSport Racing	98	Ford	80	+16.873 1:43'34.353	1.607	6	28
10	R. CaruthSpire Motorsports	71	Chevrolet	80	+17.108 1:43'34.588	0.235	6	27
11	G. RuggieroTRICON Garage	17	Toyota	80	+17.524 1:43'35.004	0.416	6	26
12	L. BaldwinThorSport Racing	66	Ford	80	+22.586 1:43'40.066	5.062	6	25
13	C. HocevarSpire Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	80	+23.115 1:43'40.595	0.529	6
14	J. WoodMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	91	Chevrolet	80	+24.359 1:43'41.839	1.244	5	23
15	E. PatrickSpire Motorsports	07	Chevrolet	80	+25.360 1:43'42.840	1.001	5	22
16	A. Pérez de LaraSpire Motorsports	77	Chevrolet	80	+26.007 1:43'43.487	0.647	6	30
17	G. EnfingerCR7 Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	80	+26.955 1:43'44.435	0.948	10	20
18	B. RhodesThorSport Racing	99	Ford	80	+32.720 1:43'50.200	5.765	9	23
19	F. MunizReaume Brothers Racing	33	Ford	80	+32.830 1:43'50.310	0.110	6	18
20	M. MillsNiece Motorsports	42	Chevrolet	80	+33.094 1:43'50.574	0.264	7	17
21	N. ByrdYoung's Motorsports	02	Chevrolet	80	+34.243 1:43'51.723	1.149	6	16
22	T. BreidingerTRICON Garage	5	Toyota	80	+38.519 1:43'55.999	4.276	7	15
23	C. HeimTRICON Garage	11	Toyota	80	+50.052 1:44'07.532	11.533	6	24
24	T. TomassiMotorsports Business Management	69	Ford	80	+50.358 1:44'07.838	0.306	7
25	S. BoydFreedom Racing Enterprises	76	Chevrolet	80	+59.553 1:44'17.033	9.195	7	12
26	T. AnkrumMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	18	Chevrolet	78	+2 Laps 1:43'23.460	2 Laps	8	17
27	M. CraftonThorSport Racing	88	Ford	78	+2 Laps 1:43'59.730	36.270	7	10
28	J. GarciaThorSport Racing	13	Ford	76	+4 Laps 1:43'26.490	2 Laps	9	22
29	D. SuttonRackley W.A.R.	26	Chevrolet	48	+32 Laps 59'15.721	28 Laps	6	8
30	C. GreenReaume Brothers Racing	22	Ford	47	+33 Laps 57'50.227	1 Lap	4	7
31	C. JonesNiece Motorsports	44	Chevrolet	47	+33 Laps 57'50.321	0.094	5	6
32	D. CramMike Harmon Racing	74	Toyota	33	+47 Laps 1:14'05.651	14 Laps	6
33	C. DennisonReaume Brothers Racing	2	Ford	18	+62 Laps 18'21.339	15 Laps	3	4
34	N. BenningNorm Benning Racing	6	Chevrolet	10	+70 Laps 16'13.217	8 Laps	4	3
35	B. DauzatFDNY Racing	28	Chevrolet	9	+71 Laps 11'01.552	1 Lap	4	2